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PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:59 pm 
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I decided to give my wheels a clean but i wasn't all that successful, attached is a before and after shot... now as you can see the brake dust has made a permanent home in the corner there (one of many corners actually) and so I'm looking for suggestions on ways to clean it, anything other than painting over it :roll:

Let this be a lesson for the lazy lol


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:37 pm 
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Car: 200sx S14.5
go down to autoone or repco and get some rim degreaser

spray it on nice and plentiful and let it soak for a good 10mins, just keep on layering it on during the 10mins

then a sponge with soapy water, and go hard


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PostPosted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 4:58 pm 
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tried the degreaser it didnt move much :(
that stuff is baked on pretty badly because it doesn't want to move even when I try scratch it off


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PostPosted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:47 pm 
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wow, that's spastic haha

maybe go to a carwash and try using a very high pressure gurney


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:17 pm 
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I ended up giving jif a go today and it works (thanks to Dale you know who you are)! And as somebody else said would happen, I soon grew tired of scrubbing and scrubbing and decided to just live with it lol
I'll end up sand blasting and powder coating them anyways so it'll be perfect then :)


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PostPosted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 7:51 pm 
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Location: penrith
Car: 200sx s14 series 2
just get meguiars hot wheel cleaner..
i had stuff stuck in the corners that wouldnt come off with engine degreaser.i used the meguiars stuff and it actually works.its some sort of acid based stuff..


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:18 pm 
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hahahah

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 1:39 pm 
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Try the Autoglym wheel cleaner for anodized wheels - gets most stuff off including loose melted tyre bits, random oil/fluids and baked-on brake dust.

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